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np: "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight" - The Postal Service
i hadn't heard anything by Dntel before this album, but i'd read a few good reviews of his stuff. it took a collaboration with Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie to get me to give it a chance. i'm only on the first song, but i'm really digging it. definately not what i'd expect to hear Gibbard singing with, but it really works. i'm not exactly sure how i would describe the music... IDM, maybe? but i really don't know enough of that genre to speak intelligently about it. it sounds like some Pro Tools/laptop beeps and blips, but in a good kind of way. i don't know. check it out for yourself.